Child-Specific Media Campaigns

MARE coordinates numerous ongoing media campaigns featuring specific children available for adoption. Some of the most well known are Wednesday’s Child with Jack Williams on WBZ-TV 4 Boston, Sunday’s Child®in the Boston Globe and En Busca de Hogar with Sara Suarez on Univision. Below is a complete list of MARE’s media campaigns.  Please consult with your Child Services Coordinator for more information on scheduling a child for any of these features. 

Television

• Wednesday’s Child is a weekly television recruitment program hosted by Jack Williams on the WBZ-TV 4 Boston News. Only New England’s legally free children are featured each week during the Wednesday 6:00 p.m. newscast. Read profiles and view the actual TV segments of the children featured at http://wbztv.com/wednesday/.

• En Busca de un Hogar is a monthly Spanish television recruitment program hosted by Sara Suarez on the Univision New England News. Only New England’s legally free children are featured on the last Thursday of every month during the 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. newscasts.

Newspapers

• The Boston Parents’ Paper hosts a monthly recruitment feature of legally free children.

• The Boston People’s Voice hosts a biweekly recruitment column featuring legally free children of African American descent.

• The Daily Hampshire Gazette hosts a bimonthly recruitment feature. A legally free child or sibling group is featured on the second and fourth Saturday of the month. The paper is distributed in Western Massachusetts.

• The Daily Times Chronicle hosts a monthly recruitment feature. A legally free child or sibling group is featured on the third Wednesday of the month in the Middlesex East circular.

• The Dorchester Community News hosts a biweekly recruitment column. The paper is published every other Friday and features only legally free children.

• The Free Bird Times hosts a monthly recruitment column featuring legally free or legal risk children. The paper is distributed in Southeastern Massachusetts and on Cape Cod.

• The Lynnfield Villager hosts a monthly recruitment feature. A legally free child or sibling group is featured on the third Wednesday of the month in the Middlesex East circular.

• The North Reading Transcript hosts a monthly recruitment feature. A legally free child or sibling group is featured on the third Wednesday of the month in the Middlesex East circular.

• The Stoneham Independent hosts a monthly recruitment feature. A legally free child or sibling group is featured on the third Wednesday of the month in the Middlesex East circular.

• Sunday’s Child® is a weekly recruitment column in the Sunday Boston Globe. Individual children and sibling groups are featured, both legally free and legal risk.

• The Taunton Daily Gazette hosts a monthly recruitment feature. A legally free child or sibling group is featured on the last Thursday of the month.

• Today’s Child is a weekly recruitment column in the Sunday Boston Herald. Individual children and sibling groups are featured, both legally free and legal risk. The column is coordinated by DCF Public Affairs, but MARE handles all inquiry calls.

• The Wilmington & Tewksbury Town Crier hosts a monthly recruitment feature. A legally free child or sibling group is featured on the third Wednesday of the month in the Middlesex East circular.

• The Worcester Telegram and Gazette hosts a monthly recruitment column. Only legally free children are featured in the column that is published the last Sunday of the month.

Newspapers in Spanish

• El Mundo is a Spanish newspaper which features legally free children of Latino descent on a “space available” basis.

• El Pueblo Latino a weekly Spanish newspaper in Springfield which features legally free children of Latino descent.

• La Semana is a Spanish newspaper which features legally free children of Latino descent on a “space available” basis.

• Rumbo hosts a biweekly column featuring legally free children of Latino descent. The column is printed in English and Spanish.

• Siglo 21 hosts a weekly column featuring legally free children of Latino descent. The column is printed in Spanish.